2019 KAAD Scholarships in Germany for Developing Countries

KAAD scholarships are currently open for applications for students of developing countries. These scholarships are awarded to students for pursuing master’s degree, PhD or for a postdoctoral research project (2-6 months for established university lecturers) at a German university. There is no specific subject-preference. However, the selection board has often given preference to courses and subjects that they felt to be of significance for the home country of the applicant. This holds true especially for subjects of PhD-theses.

There is, therefore, a certain leaning towards “development-oriented” studies–this does however not mean that other fields (cultural, philosophic, linguistic, etc.) cannot be of significance for a country and are ruled out.

The KAAD is the scholarship institution of the Catholic Church in Germany. Applicants are therefore of catholic denomination: post-graduates or academics who already have work experience and plan to do post-graduate studies or spend a period of research at a higher-education institution in Germany (two to six months for researchers). If recommended by the local churches, also non-Christian candidates are eligible for funding. In general, applications are submitted to the partner committees in the candidates’ home countries. The programme is open to applicants from developing or transition countries in Africa, Asia, the Middle East or Latin America.

Worth of Award

This award is a full scholarship

Eligibility

For the scholarship programme 1 of DAAD you can apply if you:

come from a developing or emerging country in Africa, Asia, the Middle East or Latin America

have a university degree and professional experience from your home country

want to acquire a master’s degree or a PhD at a German university or do a post-doctoral research project (2-6 months for established university lecturers) at a German university

are a Catholic Christian (or general belong to a Christian denomination). Candidates from other religions can apply if they are proposed by Catholic partners and can prove their commitment to interreligious dialogue

possess German language skills before starting the studies (KAAD can provide a language course of max. 6 months in Germany).

How to Apply

The first request is placed through filling the application questionnaire and sending it to the KAAD offices.

Normally documents are submitted to the committee of the applicant’s home country. In the course of the application process, more documents need to be provided by the applicant and the KAAD-Partner-Committees are involved.

If the pre-selection process has been positive for the applicant, the application is passed on to an independent selection board, which sits twice per year (in March and in September).

Deadline: Applications to be tabled in the March-session of the selection board need to be complete by end of November the previous year.